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A sweeping saga about four decades of a family group who live and love on an enchanting island off of the shoreline of Italy - merging the relationship of Beautiful Ruins with the marvelous tapestry of functions by Isabel Allende. Castellamare can be an island way enough away from the mainland to be neglected but not way enough to flee from the world's troubles. At the center of the island's life is a café draped with bougainvillea called the House at the Advantage of Night, where in fact the community gathers to gossip and talk. Amedeo Esposito, a foundling from Florence, locates his future on the island with his beautiful partner, Pina, whose brutal intelligence, elegance, and unwavering love guide her every move. An indiscretion testing their relationship, and their children - three sons and an inquisitive little princess - grow up and struggle with both humanity's cruelty and its capacity for love and mercy. Spanning nearly a hundred years, through secrets and mysteries, trials and sacrifice, this beautiful and haunting book uses the lives of the Esposito family and the other islanders who live and love on Castellamare: a cruel count number and his bewitching partner, a priest who is in love with scandal, a prisoner of battle transformed poet, an outcast female who becomes a pillar of strength, a wounded English soldier who emerges from the sea. The people of Castellamare are altered by two world wars and a great downturn, by the threat of fascism and their deep bonds of love and camaraderie, and by bitter rivalries and the power of forgiveness. Catherine Banner has written an enthralling, character-rich book, epic in scope but seductive in feeling. Sometimes the island itself seems alive, a mythical place where in fact the globe heaves with stories - which magical novel takes you there.
